Pituophis

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Pituophis
San Diego Gopher Snake Pithuophis melanoleucus annectens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Colubrinae
Genus:	Pituophis Holbrook, 1842

Pituophis is a genus of non-venomous colubrid snakes commonly referred to as gopher snakes, pine snakes, and bull snakes. Species within the genus are found throughout the United States and Mexico.

[edit] Species

• Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer
  • Sonoran Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer affinis (Hallowell, 1852)
  • San Diego Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer annectens (Baird & Girard, 1853)
  • Central Baja California Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer bimaris (Klauber, 1946)
  • Pacific Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer catenifer (Blainville, 1835)
  • Coronado Island Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer coronalis (Klauber, 1946)
  • Great Basin Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer deserticola (Stejneger, 1893)
  • San Martin Island Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer fulginatus (Klauber, 1946)
  • Credos Island Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer insulanus (Klauber, 1946)
  • Santa Cruz Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer pumilis (Klauber, 1946)
  • Bull Snake, Pituophis catenifer sayi (Schlegel, 1837)
  • Cape Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer vertebralis (Blainville, 1835)
• Mexican Pine Snake, Pituophis deppei
  • Mexican Pine Snake, Pituophis deppei deppei (Duméril, 1853)
  • Northern Mexican Pine Snake, Pituophis deppei jani (Cope, 1861)
• Middle American Gopher Snake, Pituophis lineaticollis
  • Pituophis lineaticollis gibsoni (Stuart, 1954)
  • Pituophis lineaticollis lineaticollis (Cope, 1861)
• Pine Snake, Pituophis melanoleucus
  • Black Pine Snake, Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi (Blanchard, 1924)
  • Northern Pine Snake, Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus (Daudin, 1803)
  • Florida Pine Snake, Pituophis melanoleucus mugitus (Barbour, 1921)
• Louisiana Pine Snake, Pituophis ruthveni (Stull, 1929)

[edit] References

• Genus Pituophis at The Reptile Database

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